China News Service, Sanya, February 7 (Reporter Wang Xiaobin) The first China Seed Industry Development Forum and Seed Industry Investment and Financing Seminar will be held in Beijing and Sanya, Hainan from February 6th to 7th.
Experts and officials at the meeting believed that China's seed industry is guaranteed to be domestically based, but there is still a big gap compared with developed countries. China should increase investment in the development of the seed industry and promote agricultural modernization through the first modernization of the seed industry.
"In recent times, people from all walks of life have been worried about whether China's seed industry has been "stuck". We judged that the supply is guaranteed and the risks are controllable." Sun Haoqin, Deputy Director, Seed Management Department, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs According to online videos, China’s crops, especially grain seeds, can be solved entirely on their own, "China’s grain is mainly grown in China"; livestock and poultry such as pigs, cattle, sheep and some characteristic aquatic sources are guaranteed to be based in China; a small number of livestock and aquatic products Provenances such as, vegetables, etc. are imported, some of which can be substituted.
In addition, there are now 25 foreign-funded seed companies in China, and their market share is only about 3%, and imported seeds only account for 0.1% of crop breeding.
Sun Haoqin emphasized that although the coverage rate of improved crop varieties in China is over 96%, and the area of self-selected varieties accounts for more than 95%, there are still many shortcomings and gaps in the protection and utilization of seed resources, independent technological innovation, and enterprise development.
Zheng Xinli, former deputy director of the Policy Research Office of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, further pointed out that in the cultivation of Chinese agricultural varieties, the research and development of animal husbandry, aquaculture, oil, feed, vegetables, fruits and other new varieties is a prominent weak link.
In China's agricultural structure, the ratio of planting and animal husbandry is 6:4, and the ratio of developed countries is generally 3:7.
"From the perspective of the dietary habits and food needs of Chinese residents, it is entirely possible to further adjust the ratio of planting to animal husbandry to 5:5."
China is already a major producer of animal husbandry and a major consumer of animal products. The change in the ratio of planting to animal husbandry means a huge structural change, and the livestock and poultry seed industry is the key to this change.
According to Wang Zongli, head of the National Animal Husbandry Station, the current supply rate of core species in China's livestock and poultry seed industry has exceeded 75%. The safety of the livestock and poultry seed industry is guaranteed and risks can be controlled.
However, the provenance guarantee is generally at a low level, and there are hidden safety hazards.
For example, ancestor breeders of white feather broilers are basically imported from abroad. Although they will not die at the first card, they will affect the development speed and quality of the broiler industry.
10% to 30% of the core source of pigs, cattle and sheep still need to be imported.
“We should focus on the excellent varieties of animal husbandry and the excellent varieties of vegetables, accelerate scientific and technological innovation, and effectively solve the cultivation and development of related varieties.” Yin Chengjie, a special researcher of the State Council’s Counselor’s Office and former vice minister of the Ministry of Agriculture, suggested that China should promptly develop new Seed safety policy, formulated the seed industry development plan during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, incorporated the construction of national-level breeding centers into the important content of the new infrastructure during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, and regarded the construction of breeding bases in provinces such as Hainan as the national food security Strategic basic engineering. (Finish)